Adventures Beyond Euskadi: Las Islas Canarias
As mentioned in prior posts, Spain is composed of 17 Autonomous Communities and we’ve set the goal of visiting each of them. Before moving to Bilbao we had spent time …
Updates for Early 2026; Bilbao Life, ARMOR, Classes, etc
We are beginning our third year in Bilbao, which I cover in a series of short comments and photos. Additionally, i write about technical projects, including Augmented Reality Mobile Robotics (ARMOR), and course content from CS50.
How-to: Host 3D USDZ Content in iCloud for an AR App Using CloudKit, RealityKit, and SwiftUI
This tutorial article explains a method to host 3D content on iCloud for an iOS, macOS, or VisionOS app. It uses native Swift code, with CloudKit for hosting and fetching of model data in USDZ format. RealityKit is used to display models in augmented reality (AR).
The Dozen or so Euskara Words we Know (and Use) in Bilbao, Part 3
It’s August, and I’ve gone almost this entire month without writing a blog (oh no!). Well, August means that the entire country (continent?) is on vacation, so my excuse is …
The Dozen or so Euskara Words we Know (and Use) in Bilbao, Part 2
This continues a series where we explain our limited Euskara vocabulary through the lens of our experiences in Bilbao. Here, we introduce a trip to Bilbao in 2023 coinciding with the Tour de France, and apply it to give context to the Basque words for welcome, good morning, and good night.
The Dozen or so Euskara Words We’ve Learned (and Use) in Bilbao, Part 1
During our year and a half in Bilbao, we have picked up a handful of words in the Basque language, Euskara. With this and upcoming blogs, I intend to provide a brief storyline of those words with the most significance in our daily life.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! [Without getting in a car or on a plane]
We returned to Bilbao in December after a trip to the States that included stopovers in 🇮🇪 and 🇩🇪. Normally we travel to and from the airport via bus. It …
Updates for the Month of March
Last I posted, I had written a tutorial about a method I had discovered to embed a 3D renderer inside a Compose Multiplatform app. For me, this is a pretty …
Introducing ListenUp, a Five Minute Hearing Test on iOS
Over the past couple months, in between traveling for the holidays and working through a few steps for our visa renewal process, I took on a small contract project to …